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http://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/life/40-beautiful-places-visit-china-943929 Almost all of us are familiar with China's great man-made attractions.

Most beautiful places in China

Before you render yourself useless by putting on the annual winter fat suit made entirely of holiday hams and snickerdoodles, and cloud your mind with eggnog, and little bottles of schnapps, plan a kick ass trip to start the year off right with our brand new list of destinations for 2013. http://offtrackplanet.com/magazine/articles/top-10-backpacking-destinations-for-2013

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Top 10 Eastern European getaways

http://www.touropia.com/best-party-islands-around-the-world/

10 Best Party Islands around the World

There are countless island destinations in the world and all of them have their own charm and appeal.
http://www.touropia.com/lost-cities/ It’s hard to imagine how an entire city can get lost but that’s exactly what has happened to the lost cities on this list. There are actually many reasons why a city has to be abandoned. War, natural disasters, climate change and the loss of important trading partners to name a few.

34 Lost Cities Forgotten by Time

6,000 people can enjoy the 'sun' - and without a cloud in sight thanks to the roof The Tropical Island Resort in Krausnick also contains a 50,000-plant forest - and room to fly a hot air balloon

The world's largest indoor beach in the German countryside

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236995/The-worlds-largest-indoor-beach-German-countryside.html
http://www.ancientx.com/nm/anmviewer.asp?a=75&z=1 T he Bible tells us that God created Adam and Eve just a few thousand years ago, by some fundamentalist interpretations. Science informs us that this is mere fiction and that man is a few million years old, and that civilization just tens of thousands of years old. Could it be, however, that conventional science is just as mistaken as the Bible stories?

The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts

http://www.nileguide.com/blog/2010/05/26/8-abandoned-american-theme-parks-open-for-exploration/ Amusement parks walk the fine line between fun-ish and semi-creepy. Maybe it’s the combination of sketchy rides, circus folk, questionable attractions, and way too many screaming kids, but there’s something a little unsettling about them. Add an ill-advised theme into the mix, and you’ve got a real summer-time winner.

8 Abandoned American Theme Parks “Open” for Exploration

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Top 10 Bizarre & Controversial Archeological Discoveries

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A micronation is a tiny, self-proclaimed sovereign state. Though they claim sovereignty and are often not interfered with by larger government entities, they are not recognized as official independent states (which sets them apart from microstates like The Vatican or Singapore .) There are any number of reasons someone may start a micronation: as a joke, as a form of art, for protest purposes, as a political or legal experiment, or even to conduct criminal activity.

7 Weird Micronations of the World